Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-10-14
Wrecked and Roasted.
A Fearful Accident Occurs on
the Chicago & Atlantic Rail-
road in Indiana.
Thirty Mangled and Manned
Persons Burned to Death.
Caused by Carelessness.
SOME ONE HAD BLUNDERED

SOME ONE HAD BLUNDERED
And the Result was a Horrible Accident on
the Chicago 4 Atlantic Rsilroad-Another
Chatsworth.
Passenger train No. II on the Chi
csgo u Atlantic railroad was wrecked
west vi North Judson, Ind, on Tues
day. The train was made up OF live
CATS, the two rear ones being Pullman
sleepers. Just before the train arrived
at koutz the eccentric Of the engine
broxe and the engineer pulled up for
repairs. A brakeman hung out dan.
ger signal light. The thing least ex.
pected was that train would be
along. The train had stopped but n
short time when train behind.
which proved to be the fast Chicago
meat train, rushed oa ut the rate OF
thirty.tive miles per hour. She
struck the rear coach, telescoped il
aud the one In 'front.', and left nothing
but the front baggage car standing.
The three coaches were swept COM
pletely away, nothing being left
standing but the trucks. The wreck
age immedla ely took fire and the
wounded and dead lay in the flames
aud were burned beyond recognition.
Those who wero badly hurt when the
shock came must have had little
chance for their lives, so quickly had
the cars taken fire and thorough was
he work Of the flames. Nine bodies
had been recovered at latest reports,
all burned SO badly us to make identi-
ticatIon difficult. The horrors of
Chatsworth were duplicated. Fully
thirty lives were sacrificed outright
and halt that number Of persons have
suffered severely. Joseph McCsne, a
bar tender Of Boston, one Of the
wounded lying at Koutz, says: IL
WAS on the passenger coach which was
next to the last car on the train. Just
before midnight 1 went into the
smoker, which was just ahead Of our
car, and chatted for an hour and came
back to the coach with young man
who sat down near me. That was the
last ever saw or expect to see of the
poor fellow. Just rs had stretched
myself out to 20 to sleep aud almost
before closed my eyes there was an
awful crash which, God help me, l
never want to hear again. / could
feel myself thrown to the top Of the
car and then | became insensible. On
the way up / realized that all was
confusion in the car; that canes,
valises, rods of iron and lamps were
in the air about me. l must have re-
gained consciousness in q very short
time, FOR when / awoke all was dark
ness in the car and the horrible
shrieks and piercing walls Of agony
almost deafened my ears. In the end
of the car furthest from me the stove
was overturned and the flames were
just starting to spread. There was
some sort of new gas lamp in the
car, with a reservoir reaching from
one to the other. The flames leaped
up the side and In less time than |
can tell IL the gas was burning the
whole length of the coach over our
heads. | was wedged In between the
seats, where / could not move my
limbs, and there / watched the fire
slowly creep upon me. II was terri.
BILE sight. In the end Of the coach
near the fire could see lady caugh,
between the seats as | was. The fire
slowly crept across the car and she
was soon enveloped In the flames
Her dress caught fire and there In
agony she burned before my eyes
Just across from my seat | noticed
soon before the accident q father, hl'
wife and daughter. I saw them also
crushed and burned. Just as tb,
flames were blazing out q foot or two
away from me, man pulled me ou'
and said Come to the window ii,
must have mistaken me for some on,
else, for the moment he looked closely
at my face he dropped me and hurried
throguh the window with an exclam
alton Of evident disappointment.
then painfully crawled after him 4
safety"